PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Module 2.2: Brm P48, Dependent And Independent Variables, Nfkb1

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

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Aamodule 2. 2 scientific research designs psychology- 2017-09-13. The terms and concepts of experimental methods to research examples. The pros and cons of descriptive, correlational, and experimental research designs. What it means when variables are positively or negatively correlated. Organize the stimuli used to test the hypothesis. Variables: property of an object, organism, event, or something else that can take on different values. How frequently you laugh is a variable that can be measured and analyzed. Operational definitions: details that define the variables for the purposes of a specific study. For se(cid:374)se of hu(cid:373)ou(cid:396) this def would (cid:271)e (cid:862)the s(cid:272)o(cid:396)e o(cid:374) the copi(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)ou(cid:396) (cid:272)ale. (cid:863) Data: collection of observations about the variable of interest. Collecting the scores of each individual who pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipated i(cid:374) the (cid:862)(cid:272)opi(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)ou(cid:396) (cid:272)ale. (cid:863) This a(cid:374)swe(cid:396) the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s of (cid:862)what(cid:863) a phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374) is, it des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)es its (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s. Research questions address the appearance of behaviour, its duration or frequency, its prevalence in a population, and so on.